The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in a wide range of criminal investigations.

The facial databases have grown rapidly in recent years and generally operate with few legal safeguards beyond the requirement that searches are conducted for “law enforcement purposes.” Amid rising concern about the National Security Agency’s high-tech surveillance aimed at foreigners, it is these state-level facial-recognition programs that more typically involve American citizens.

As long as they don't use them to find undocumented immigrants, infringe on the religious liberty of those who follow Islam, single out homosexuals, profile blacks and Hispanics, disturb the rights of women, and ignore public officials and the hollywood elite...what harm can come from it?

Camper;106096 Wrote:As long as they don't use them to find undocumented immigrants, infringe on the religious liberty of those who follow Islam, single out homosexuals, profile blacks and Hispanics, disturb the rights of women, and ignore public officials and the hollywood elite...what harm can come from it?

You forgot round up the Japanese.

A gun rack in a pick-up is not for holding guns. Its a place for women to hold on to.

(09-06-2012, 10:32 PM)dgood71 Wrote: So what's the significance of "the changeover"? Different cards? Or a uniform license card across the state or something? I know each county used to have a different format for the license... some paper, some plastic. What changed?

Camper;106096 Wrote:As long as they don't use them to find undocumented immigrants, infringe on the religious liberty of those who follow Islam, single out homosexuals, profile blacks and Hispanics, disturb the rights of women, and ignore public officials and the hollywood elite...what harm can come from it?

You forgot round up the Japanese.

Asians are essentially white in today's culture. Even minorities such as blacks and Hispanics don't really consider them minorities--they're the "model minority".

(09-06-2012, 10:32 PM)dgood71 Wrote: So what's the significance of "the changeover"? Different cards? Or a uniform license card across the state or something? I know each county used to have a different format for the license... some paper, some plastic. What changed?